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Port Merion Village Wedding Contest Asks:
Are You The Best
Second Life Couple?

The Winner of the Port Merion Village Wedding Contest Wins An All-Expense Paid Port Merion Dream Wedding and Much Much More; Over S15000L In Prizes!

February 2, 2010 - Port Merion Region, Second Life -- Maybe you met at Newbie Island or at a Freebie Store; maybe your alts were friends and now you are starting anew, or perhaps you are old role-play friends or worked on a sim together... however your fairy tale began Port Merion wants to help celebrate your love on its beautiful sim.

Port Merion Village is announcing its first-ever wedding competition aimed at celebrating love in Second Life. The premise of the contest is easy, explain, on a note card, how you met, what your relationship means to you both and why you are the Best Second Life Couple and give this note card full perm to FlutterGirl Looming. Then go to Port Merion and enter yourselves onto a contest boards in our Gallery. Entering is simple; just click a board to claim it. Once you have read the floating text above the picture, follow the instructions to place your favorite picture of you and your loved one. If at anytime you decide to change it you are welcome to return and click the board for further instructions. If you run into any problems with the contest board simply IM FlutterGirl Looming , Balls Constantine or Kalique Pichot who will happy to help with any problems or queries. Finalists will be eligible to win thousands of linden dollars worth of prizes, including an all-expense paid Port Merion Wedding.

“We wanted a space that was beautiful, functional and would benefit the SL community. Port Merion is definitely beautiful and we like to think we provide Second Life lovers with the perfect romantic backdrop for their special love. We've turned that premise into a contest,” said Kalique Pichot, Port Merion's communications director and sim co-owner, “We believe love can be found anywhere and when it is that love should be celebrated to the fullest”

Port Merion wants to hear from those special couples who have really found love in Second Life. Their web site http://www.portmerionsl.co.uk/contestrules has all of the Port Merion Village Wedding Contest official rules, prize information, and instructions on entering the contest. Additionally, the Web site will spotlight the winning three couples and their entries. The Village Wedding contest begins February 1, 2010 and submissions will be received until February 28, 2010.

Official rules are also available in Port Merion Village in SL. To enter the contest there is a fee of 10L and consequently each vote is for 5L. The winners decided on the boards are final. The prizes as described above are final. No alternate offers will be accepted. You may gain votes in any way you choose. We just ask that anyone bringing in persons to the sim ask them to act accordingly and not to grief or intimidate other entrants. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in expulsion from the contest. Competition ends on 28th of February 2010. Winners will then be contacted and informed of their prize winnings, and will be expected to be available for a photo shoot and then begin the process of wedding arrangement.

“We are fast approaching Valentine’s Day and I thought what better way to celebrate love in the air than with a wedding contest, says Port Merion Events Manager and co-owner FlutterGirl Looming, “plus the prizes are great and among the many talents we have in the Village there are experienced wedding planners who can create incredibly special weddings.”

There will be three total winners at the end of the contest promotion with one grand first-prize winner, one second-prize winner, and one third-prize winner. First prize is a full sim wedding package, which includes wedding and reception decorations customized to your theme and colors, a private bridal suite for the bride and her attendants, a horse drawn carriage ride for the bride to her groom and guests at the ceremony, a full officiated ceremony, a horse drawn carriage ride for bride and groom to the hotel for a full reception with a Live DJ ready to play your favorite music. But that’s not all! After the reception you will then be whisked off to one of Port Merion’s premier honeymoon suites for two nights complete with all the amenities for a romantic honeymoon. Then finally you will be shown to one of Port Merion’s beautiful rentals that is yours free for a month. In total this prize fund is worth over 10,000L. Second place prize the winners receive basic wedding on sim which includes the full ceremony and use of the horse drawn carriage, worth 3500L. Third place winners will receive 1500L toward their wedding.

For more information about the Port Merion Village Contest, visit Port Merion in SL, or www.portmerionsl.com.

About Port Merion

The Village is a replica of the RL Village of Portmeirion, an Italianate resort village located in Wales and nestled along the coast. Built on a foundry and boatyard by Clough Williams-Ellis, Portmeirion is a testament to Mediterranean architecture demonstrating that development of a naturally beautiful site need not result in its defilement. Williams-Ellis practiced what he preached as a conservationist and campaigner for the protection of the environment. In popular culture Portmeirion was home to Patrick McGoohan's 1960's classic series The Prisoner.

Both Kalique and Flutter say to look for big things to come from this the young sim’s second year. “We just want people to come, enjoy the beauty of The Village and to be amazed and inspired.”

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For more information contact:

Kalique Pichot - Press kits, Media, advertising, promotions...

FlutterGirl Looming - Events & Booking

Harms Lemon - Port Merion Real Estate residential & commercial